BRAYTON, a parish in the lower division of the wapentake of BARKSTONE-ASH, West riding of the county of YORK, comprising the chapelry of Barlow, and the townships of Brayton, Burn, Gateforth, Hambleton, and Thorpe-Willoughby, and containing 1489 inhabitants, of which number, 252 are in the township of Brayton, if miles (S.W.) from Selby, The living is a discharged vicarage, within the jurisdiction of the peculiar court of Selby, rated in the king's books at £7. 14. 4., and in the patronage of the Hon. E, Petre. The church, dedicated to St. Wilfrid, exhibits various styles of architecture; the tower is Norman, surmounted by an octagonal lantern, from which rises a lofty spire, in the later English style; the south doorway, and the arch leading into the chancel, are Norman, highly enriched; the chancel is in the decorated, and the nave in the later, English style. Part of the parish is skirted by the river Ouse, and a canal, connecting that river with the Aire, passes through the centre of it. A rent-charge of £5 was given by the Rev. Thomas Morritt, towards the support of a school.